Zoning Board of Adjustment

The Zoning Board of Adjustment meets the second Tuesday of each month.

Forms and Applications

The Zoning Board of Adjustment’s Land Development application and associated forms are available below.  The following applications are filed with the Zoning Board of Adjustment:

1. Bulk Variances for residential improvements
2. Use Variances
3. Appeals of Administrative Officer
4. Interpretations
5. Site Plans associated with Use Variances
6. Major Subdivision/Preliminary
7. Major Subdivision/Final

The following is a list of forms for these applications and the required number of copies to be submitted upon filing the same.  Click on the application name to print and complete.

1. Borough of Chester Land Development Application – ten (14) copies
2. Certified List of Property Owners request form – one (1) copy
3. Tax and Assessment Report – one (1) copy
4. Board of Health application for development (private septic) – see application for number of copies
5. Sewer Service request form (public sewers) – see application for number of copies
6. Morris County Planning Board Land Development Review Application – three (3) copies
7. Certification of proof of service of property owners – one (1) copy
8. Copy of hearing notice sent to property owners (a sample is provided for your use) – one (1) copy

In addition to the forms above, the following documents are needed:

1. Fifteen (15) copies of all plans – PLANS MUST BE FOLDED
2. Five (5) copies of Environmental Impact Statement, if required
3. Five (5) copies of Traffic study, if required
4. Five (5) copies of Storm Water Management Report, if required
5. One (1) copy of a list of the drawings including the professional’s name that prepared the same.

Upon receipt of an application to the board secretary, the application will be reviewed for completeness. The board has forty-five (45) days from the date of submission to deem an application complete or incomplete. The applicant will be notified, in writing, of the status of their application. If the application has been deemed incomplete, a copy of the items needed will be included with the notification. If the application has been deemed complete, the applicant will be notified, in writing, to notice for a public hearing. Notices for the public hearing must be sent to all property owners listed on the certified list received from the tax office by either certified mail or personal service ten (10) days prior to the scheduled hearing. The notice must be published in either the Observer Tribune or Daily Record ten (10) days before the scheduled hearing.

All site plan and subdivision applications are referred to the following agencies for review before the public hearing: Board Engineer, Board Planner, Construction Official, Fire Officials, Shade Tree Commission, Historic Preservation Committee (if in the Historic District), Public Safety Officer, Board of Health and the Morris County Planning Board.

The Board of Health and Shade Tree Commission only meet once a month. An application required to be submitted to either of these boards needs to be submitted to that board ten business days before the meeting